Caeleb Dressel took two big punches to the gut on Friday. The 27-year-old Florida native finished sixth in the 50-meter freestyle final and then even failed to qualify for the finals in the 100-meter ...

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Sarah Sjöström pulled off her goggles, took a quick glance up at the scoreboard and released every emotion. She pounded the water in triumph, sat up on the lane line and raised ...

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The United States had a historic day in the pool on Wednesday as Katie Ledecky produced a dominant performance. Ledecky captured the gold medal in the women's 1,500-meter freestyle as she turned in an ...

“There is always a story to each world record that I set,” the Olympian said after notching the record at the TYR Pro Swim Series Carmen Mandato/Getty Katie Ledecky broke her own world record for the ...

The swimmer tied former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for most gold medals by any female Olympian at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, Aug. 3 Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images Katie Ledecky sure ...

At the 700-meter mark, when Katie Ledecky is usually padding her lead in a long-distance race, Summer McIntosh hit the wall first, 0.14 seconds ahead. The 18-year-old Canadian star was on the verge of ...

One of the most decorated swimmers in United States history has done it again, adding a gold medal to her tally in France for the second time in this Olympic cycle. Katie Ledecky can still defend her ...

Katie Ledecky did what she does best. The seven-time Olympic gold medalist put on a show Tuesday morning by dominating the 1500-meter freestyle swimming heat with her time of 15:47.43, finishing 17.83 ...

Katie Ledecky continues to define dominance at the Olympics. The four-time Olympic athlete defended her crown in the 1500-meter freestyle on Wednesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics, edging out the entire ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics officially opened on Friday with a jaw-dropping ceremony across Paris. Not too long after the ceremony, the competitions would begin. On Saturday, there was a ...

Katie Ledecky just swam past her own world record! On Saturday, May 3, the nine-time Olympic gold medalist broke the record for the women's 800-meter freestyle, speeding by a time she set herself ...